U.S. News and World Report ranked Florida as the fourth best state for high schools.
Florida finished behind Massachusetts, California and Maryland.
Fourteen of the Tampa Bay area’s high schools are among the 100 best in Florida this year. It includes six schools in Hillsborough County, three in Sarasota County, two in Pinellas County, two in Pasco County and one in Manatee County.
The publication ranks Pine View School in Sarasota County Schools as the top high school in the state. It also ranks Pine View as the No. 19 high school in the country.
U.S. News & World Report publishes the rankings each year based on data from thousands of high schools.
The rankings come amid Teacher Appreciation Week and shortly after Arizona teachers ended a historic walkout over pay and funding cuts.
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